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Magazine Art: Advertising Art in Magazines

Famous artists, when they weren't painting the covers for the magazines, paid their bills by doing art for advertisers. Some of the things they did can stand up with the best of their covers, and much of it is fascinating today for what it tells us about life and popular culture of the past. This is a small door that opens up into a very large cathedral of art.



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Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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A complete half-page cartoon comic, "Freddie's Family at the Fair," shows how you can recover from family stresses...and maybe even beat your husband at the ring toss. Published in a 1949 issue of WOMAN'S DAY. Artist: Source: Anonymous contributor Restoration by: magscanner
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Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Coffee and Tea, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Advertisements for meat, corn flakes, candy bars, flour, beer, wine, spirits, broccoli, peanut butter: Here they are.
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Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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From 1914, until banned from the mails in 1942, this Procrustean back-stretcher promised health and height. From the January 24, 1920 issue of JUDGE. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Quack Equipment, rack, torture
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Bigger and better, with drawing showing how it came into town thirty-five years ago, on a horse-drawn wagon. Published in a 1940 issue of MOVIE STORY. Artist: Source: Dave Wills, who sells on eBay as dwills1000, and has an eBay storefront "Dave's Odds and Ends" Restoration by: magscanner
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Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, cola, sweet, drink,...
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Health and medicine ads have supported numberless magazines over the years. Some publishers refused patent medicine ads, and some got rich on them. Ditto for equipment, which can range from something as straightforward as crutches to something as questionable and as "Violet Rays". Techniques can be as simple as yoga and as complex as sequestration in a private hospital.
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Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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A noxious weed, and an important part of the American economy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, tobacco advertising paid for many an editorial lunch and kept lots of artists employed.
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Magazine Art: Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons
Magazine Art: Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons
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Automobile ads kept magazines going through good times and hard. High-ticket items, they could afford to pay for color reproduction when that was too expensive for most other products. Everybody knows something about cars! Some of these ads were created by the best artists in the business. And some of them are just fun to look at as nostalgia; or, if you prefer, ancient history. Trucks here, too. Also wagons and carriages.    If you like these, check out this great website of scans of...
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Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Ad for the Pillow Inhaler, as published in the November, 1896 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Quack Equipment, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Household Items
Magazine Art: Household Items
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Here are the ads for the common everyday household things you need to have around to keep the place clean and running. And also the objects of beauty that make life worthwhile. A little bit of decoration, a little bit of dirt removal.
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Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
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Mainstays of the advertising pages were personal items such as toiletries, beauty aids, perfumes, bath and facial soaps, and the like. Human interactions are important: Flowers, cards, notes.
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Magazine Art: Household Items
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Ad for the alcohol-powered Wonder Fan, from Lake Breeze Motor in Chicago; published in the May 7, 1916 issue of the AMERICAN SUNDAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE. In 1916, the price of $16.50 was a lot of money.
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Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Small Appliances, cool, heat, relief, comfort
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Cold feet warmed, and kept warm. Ad for the magnetic foot batteries from the Chicago Magnetic Shield Company, as published in an early 1900's issue of HARPER'S MONTHLY. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Quack Equipment, heat, warmth, circulation,...
Magazine Art: Clothing and Fashions
Magazine Art: Clothing and Fashions
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Clothing and fashions pay the bills at our department stores and shopping malls. We pay the bills for our clothing and fashions. And advertisements in magazines told us what we were going to buy (or make), and why.
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Audio, and early video, and records, and entertainment. The beginnings of an industry that is still with us, slowly engulfing (or being engulfed by) the computer industry.
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Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Every picture tells a story, and this 1946 ad from FIELD AND STREAM tells one worthy of a SATURDAY EVENING POST cover. So, anyway, just has hooked whom with a fishing line? Looks like a tricky way for the fisherman to meet the fisherbabe. No indication who the artist was, but we're pretty sure we've seen his work elsewhere. Artist: Source: Renita Ivey Restoration by: Renita Ivey
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Beer, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
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Art prints have been around as long as printing has been around. Film, movies, cinema, as an art that moves, only a short time, but fully the memory of living humans. Books and magazines have been the subject of ads as long as the memory of humankind. Or so it would seem. Not only did magazines run ads for themselves and for other titles from the same publisher, they often ran ads for totally unconnected magazine titles. Sometimes they sold the space to the other publisher, and sometimes they...
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Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Celebrated screen star John Gilbert, pictured here in a celebrity endorsement. No text except for slogans: "Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet," "It's Toasted," and statements "Toasting takes out that bite and throat irritation," and "No throat irritation -- no cough." Published in the September, 1929 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, cancer, coughing, retching,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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No Campbell's Kids for this ad, which is strictly for the adults. Double rich, double strength, and a brilliant soup for patries. Published in the November, 1934 issue of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soups and Stews, dinner, group, dinner party,...
Magazine Art: Travel and Transportation
Magazine Art: Travel and Transportation
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Build a transportation system, and people and things will travel. Here are ads for all things related.
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Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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20,679 physicians say "Luckies are less irritating," with number certified by Lybrand. A man in a white jersey says it, so it must be true. Ad for Lucky Strike, published in the August, 1930 issue of GOLDEN BOOK. Artist: Source: Cynde Georgen, Trail End Historic Site, Sheridan Wyoming Restoration by: Cynde Georgen
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, endorsement, lie, statistic
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Pens and pencils and paper and office supplies. Now we have major national chains providing these materials to the end consumer. Back in the day we needed to see ads like these to decide what to buy. Hey, we still do.
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Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Bright and shiny Christmas colors, buy these products for the man in your life. Not just cigarettes, but also Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco (the National Joy Smoke). The seasonal packaging designs are really quite attractive. Published in the December, 1937 issue of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Published in the May, 1912 issue of MODERN PRISCILLA.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, magazine covers,...
Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
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Burnett's Cocoaine for the hair cures dandruff etc. Published in the November, 1896 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Hair Care, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Ad for Camel Cigarettes, a very restrained design that was part of the campaign to convince women they were now allowed to smoke. Published in the May, 1928 issue of MODERN PRISCILLA. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Classic ad for Chesterfield cigarettes, from the back of the 1919-20 souvenir program book for the Hippodrome Theatre in New York (declared an honorary magazine for the purposes of this website). Certainly looks like J. C. Leyendecker, but we haven't found the signature. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Clothing and Fashions
by Coles Phillips
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Beautiful ad for Holeproof Silk Hosiery for women, with a model sitting on a wall in front of a thousand pink roses. Published in the October, 1924 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. Artist: Coles Phillips Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Women's Hosiery, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Ad for Jell-O, with the same girl as in -1918A smiling enigmatically as she contemplates six elaborate Jello desserts you can make. Published in the May, 1919 issue of the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dessert, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Sports and Guns
Magazine Art: Sports and Guns
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Advertisements for outdoor and indoor sports and equipment for them. Guns, rods, racquets, balls; the list is endless.
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Magazine Art: Pens and Office Supplies and Equipment
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Ad for Parker Duofold Pens, from the September, 1927 issue of the AMERICAN MAGAZINE.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Pens and Office Supplies and Equipment, Pens and Writing, magazine...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Ad for Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes, from the May, 1915 issue of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. This looks like one of J. C. Leyendecker's paintings for Kellogg's.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Breakfast!, child, spooning
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Ad for Jell-O, from the December, 1912 issue of McCALL'S MAGAZINE. The woman's face has been painted (or at least heavily hand-worked) onto a photo of a woman with a shopping basket full of food for Christmas dinner. The food items have all been colorized, as have her face, and gloves. The drawing of the Jello box has surely been pasted into her hand. Note the typical turkey of a century ago; it is definitely not one of the bloated beasts we buy today.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dessert, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
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Woman plays piano and looks dreamily at her boyfriend...and envisions him at forty. When love is young -- why worry about hair? ah, but when you get old you need to take care of your hair to keep baldness away. Fear! Fear sells. From the August, 1924 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Hair Care, bald, hair, dandruff, wavy,...
Magazine Art: Bicycles & Motorcycles
Magazine Art: Bicycles & Motorcycles
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Bicycles became vastly popular in the late 19th century and paved the way (sorry!) for automobiles by creating a population that wanted good, smooth, hard-surfaced roads and plenty of them. Motorcycles were an adaption that combined the best and worst of the two. And then there were motorbikes, and scooters, and any motorized conveyance that could spring full-blown from the head of the American backyard inventor.
Topic: magazine
Magazine Art: Art, Film, Book, Movie, and Magazine Ads
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Touring life, down by the Rio Grande. Innovative, now forgotten, lifestyle magazine from Hugo Gernsback. Woman eating something just cooked over their camp stove. Published in the March, 1925 issue of RADIO NEWS. Source: Magazine collector Steve Davis Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Art, Film, Book, Movie, and Magazine Ads, Magazine Ads: General,...
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Ad for the Monarch Vibrator, placed here instead of Quack Equipment because of the restrained use of medical claims in the ad. Published in the December, 1915 issue of HEARST'S MAGAZINE. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Medical Equipment, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Slip some of Dr. J. W. Haines' Golden Specific into your husband's tea, coffee, or food, and you can reclaim your drunkard against his will and without his knowledge. Published in the May, 1911 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Patent Medicines and Quack Drugs, drink,...
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Ad for La Parle Obesity Soap, absolutely guaranteed to reduce fat without dieting or gymnastics. What on earth do you suppose the Norwood Chemical Company put in the soap? Published in the July, 1903 issue of MODERN PRISCILLA.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Patent Medicines and Quack Drugs, magazine...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Ad for Murad cigarettes, featuring Santa Claus bringing a giant box of Murads to all the deserving little kiddies, er, grown-ups. From an unidentified magazine, probably 1915-20.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, gifts, holidays, Christmas
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Baby's first birthday! With A&P's product in the kid's formula. And a recipe for chocolate souffle, for the adults. Published in the March, 1948 issue of WOMAN'S DAY. Artist: Source: Anonymous contributor Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dairy Products, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Household Items
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Ad for Standard Plumbing Fixtures, from the mid-1920's, and possibly published in WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION. Note basic design and layout similarity to the 1925 ads.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Plumbing and Fixtures, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Only thing better than a celebrity endorsement is a celebrity's name as the brand of your product. Here's Disney licensing his characters out, as you'll see in other ads from the late 1940s. A picture of Donald, his name in big letters, and a picture of the product; even a one-year old can express a preference. Published in a 1946 issue of WOMAN'S DAY. Artist: Source: Anonymous contributor Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Jellies, Jams, Preserves, and Spreads, magazine...
Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
by Fred L. Packer
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Elaborate late art nouveau fantasy image of March winds blowing chill but not diminishing the effect of the irresistible fragrance of Mavis. Published in the March, 1920 issue of PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Artist: Fred L. Packer Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Perfumes, party, night, lanterns, belle,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Classic busy layout of the period. Lots and lots of text. We've tried to get the colors to look the way they looked in the original ad; do not adjust your set. Ask the fountain man for a Grapelade Sundae. From the July, 1919 issue of the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. Artist: Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, magazine covers,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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To wake up GAY, try this tonight for morning freshness. Not what you thought, as this beautiful woman sings choruses with a little bird as she brushes her hair. Drink Ovaltine to help you to sleep, and wake up singing. Published in a 1947 issue of WOMAN'S DAY. Artist: Source: Anonymous contributor Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, magazine covers,...
Magazine Art: Clothing and Fashions
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Swim suits for women, in four models; advertising aimed at the upper crust image of people to travel in yachts and wear the latest. From the July, 1934 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
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Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Swimwear, beach, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bar Harbor,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Metaphor run wild as Life Saver is squooze onto a metal collecting tray made for oranges, and just as the juice so to the delightful flavor. Published in the June, 1930 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Candy and Treats, taste, sensation, flavoring
Magazine Art: Sports and Guns
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Ad for Smith & Wesson revolvers, from the May, 1911 issue of COSMOPOLITAN. With thumb-piece and barrel catch forming two positive locks [for safety], ...the greatest advance in revolver design since 1893. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Sports and Guns, Guns and Ammunition, magazine covers, vintage...
Magazine Art: Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons
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Shaft-driven, the aristocrats of motordom, and oh so cute. Is someone driving this? Published in the January 15, 1910 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Source: Steve Kirch, collector, and creator of a great website about SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in the past Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Electric Automobiles, class, money,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Ad for Old Crow Bourbon, from the October 30, 1943 issue of LIBERTY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Spirits, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Woman in fantasy sunglasses made from logo word grins as she smokes (white teeth!). She's looking at you! Published in an unidentified magazine in the 1940's. Artist: Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, cooler, milder, better-tasting
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Makes kids husky. Or at least strong enough to dig your sidewalk out from a two-foot snowfall. The other kids have earmuffs or earflaps on their hats. Published in the February, 1920 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Breakfast!, winter, shovel, snow-shovel,...
Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
by F. Richardson
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Ad for Dher-Kiss Eau de Toilette, and Vegetale, fresh from M. Kerkoff's atelier, and illustrated by a fairy, a rainbow, pixies, winds, flying ballet dancers, and a hoard of gold and diamonds, not to mention other things we haven't yet identified. From the April, 1921 issue of WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION. The artist may be Frederick Richardson, who illustrated some children's books in a detailed fashion. Artist: F. Richardson Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Women's Toiletries and Makeup, magazine...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
by J. C. Leyendecker
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Make your Christmas candy at home with Karo. OK, not breakfast, but same product. Here's a couple of the children making their own treats! And don't forget the Corn Products Cook Book, probably available on eBay. Published in the December, 1919 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Breakfast!, sweets, family, cuisine, dessert,...
Magazine Art: Motorcycles
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I'll bet she's hot in town, Bill. I'm gladn I ain't one of those wilted collar guys cooped up in the city this month. Let's go camping with a Harley. Published in the August, 1921 issue SCIENCE AND INVENTION. Artist: Source: Magazine collector Steve Davis Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Bicycles and Motorcycles, Motorcycles, speed, mobility, flexibility,...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Ad for Viceroy cigarettes, in a fairly stark and restrained style. A new filter tip and four bullet points. Published in the December, 1936 issue of the AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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The spirit of Hallowe'en floats over this array of goodies baked with Mazola. When elves and kelpies play their pranks, all good little spirits of field and wood and laughing brooks romp into the hearts of children -- and the grown up children who are men and women -- it's All Hallowe'en -- jolly, happy, and packed with fun and merriment. Published in the November, 1920 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Ingredients, holiday, spooks, fire, jack o'...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Ad for Murad cigarettes, from the December 11, 1920 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Christmas wouldn't be the same without a picture of Santa smoking a Murad.
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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All that black ink grabs your attention and the pictures of the baked goods attract your hunger for treats. If you don't see it here, read the free cookbook from Royal. Published in the November, 1922 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Bread and Baking, biscuits, cake, pie, tart,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
by CR
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Che Cream of Wheat chef supports the world on his shoulders, yet still manages to stir the pot. From the July, 1909 issue of PICTORIAL REVIEW. Artist: CR Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Breakfast!, Atlas
Magazine Art: Health and Medicine
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Now able to speak on the telephone! Published in the February, 1893 issue of NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Artist: Source: MagazineArt.org Physical Archives Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Health and Medicine, Patent Medicines and Quack Drugs, magazine...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Man and woman at the end of a date, she standing in the doorway keeping him interested for just one more cigarette. We know where this will lead. Published in an unidentified magazine in the 1930's. Source: eBay sellers Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, romance, sex, connection
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
by Winsor McCay
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Selling cigarettes to women, and one of the most remarkable ads ever designed for this purpose. Winsor McCay, best known for Little Nemo, but a then-famous illustrator in a variety of fields, went not just over the top but completely out of sight with this one: whips, domination, chains, spiritual peace, American Intelligence, and two suggestive hillocks. But the copywriter was singing the same tune. From the October 25, 1929 issue of LIFE, the Humor Magazine. Artist: Winsor McCay Source:...
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Cigarette Ads, magazine covers, vintage magazines,...
Why children don't obey. New methods have replaced scolding and whipping! Train without breaking the child's will, without creating fear, resentment or revenge in the child's heart, as whipping does. Highest endorsements! Banish the image of the angry boy striking matches and setting your house on fire. Published in the January, 1923 issue of NEEDLECRAFT. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Art, Film, Book, Movie, and Magazine Ads, Book Ads: Non-Fiction,...
Magazine Art: Household Items
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Ad for Edison Mazda Lamps, or perhaps more correctly, light bulbs, from a 1920's magazine. Source: Mariangela Buch Restoration by: Mariangela Buch
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Household Items, Small Appliances, illumination, sources
Magazine Art: Toys and Games
Magazine Art: Toys and Games
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Toys. Games. Let's play.
Topic: magazine
Magazine Art: Personal and Human Aspects
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Eyes made to appear larger and more interesting, wonderful brilliance; Maybelline Eye Shadow and Eyebrow Pencil. Published in the February, 1930 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Artist: Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Personal and Human Aspects, Women's Toiletries and Makeup, beauty,...
Magazine Art: Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons
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That's not much to pay for a big, beautiful Chrysler Royal. Evocative ad shows family driving it in a park setting, with the ranger approving it and your Mom and Dad happily along for the ride. From the April 30, 1938 issue of COLLIER'S MAGAZINE Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Automobiles, Trucks, and Wagons, Chrysler Cars, magazine covers,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Delightful Christmas recipes, with what looks like a Paradise Pudding shown with fancy plates, candles, and other holiday decorations. Published in the December, 1927 issue of WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION. Source: Magazine collector Steve Davis Restoration by: magscanner
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dessert, party, recipes, desserts
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Mix of metaphors as sterilized American cheddar cheese with wild elk for its logo is linked to the discovery of cheesemaking by an Asian traveler (illustrated by this picture of someone in Middle Eastern nomad garb, validating theories of culture drift). Very wordy ad explains history of cheese, Kraft process, and packaging technology, and is partly rescued by cartoon of imp removing paper from a round of it. Book of recipes, free. Published in the October, 1919 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME...
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Dairy Products, Levant, Arabia, bedouin, donkey,...
Magazine Art: Tobacco Products
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Ad for Bull Durham tobacco. Everyone in the Service smokes it. Published in the October 16, 1916 issue of EVERY WEEK. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Tobacco Products, Tobacco for Pipes and Rolling, magazine covers,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Coca-Cola ad, showing a wonderful street scene, with two sewer workers toasting each other with bottles of Product; from the May, 1920 issue of HOLLAND'S MAGAZINE
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Food and Beverages, Soft Drinks, Non-Alcoholic, magazine covers,...
Magazine Art: Clothing and Fashions
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Ad for Arrow Collars and Shirts, with a man standing to display the Trump model shirt and an appropriate collar. Published in the June 7, 1928 issue of the HARVARD LAMPOON. Artist: J. C. Leyendecker Source: Cynde Georgen, Trail End Historic Site, Sheridan Wyoming Restoration by: Cynde Georgen
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Men's Clothing and Accessories, model,...
Magazine Art: Food and Beverages
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Ad for Coca-Cola, from the May, 1913 issue of MODERN PRISCILLA. Symbolic arrow == Coca-Cola.
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Magazine Art: Clothing and Fashions
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If the undergarments are bunglesome the outerdress can't be right. And remember, it's the tuck that tells. This is from Minnesota. Published in the March, 1931 issue of PHOTOPLAY. Source: Charles Perrien Restoration by: Charles Perrien
Topics: Advertising Art in Magazines, Clothing and Fashions, Undergarments, magazine covers, vintage...